North Western Province (or North-Western Province) was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council (Australia), created in 1856 and was abolished in 2006.

Victoria was a British colony in Australia when North-Western Province was created, it became a state of Australia on Federation on 1 January 1901.

North Western was one of the six original upper house Provinces of the bicameral Victorian Parliament created in November 1856, each Province initially having five members.

Located in the far north-west of Victoria, "North-Western Province" was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act 1855, as "Including the Counties of Talbot and Dalhousie, and the Pastoral District of the Wimmera and of the Loddon, except the proposed County of Rodney."

Members for North Western Province Five members were elected initially, three after the redistribution of 1882 when Northern and North Central provinces were split off. Four from the enlargement of the Council in 1889, (Four members in place) two from 1904.

Member 1 Party Year Member 2 Party Member 3 Party Member 4 Party Member 5 Party   Dennis Keogh   1856   John Allan     William Mitchell     John Patterson     George Urquhart   1858   Alexander Fraser   1858   David Wilkie   1859   William Mitchell   1860   George Rolfe     Francis Robertson   1860 1860 1862   William Campbell     Nicholas Fitzgerald   1864 1866 1868   Francis Robertson   1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1881   William Stanbridge   1882   William Zeal     1882   George Young     James Bell     David Coutts     1884 1886 1888   Joseph Pratt   1889 1890 1891   Duncan McBryde   1892 1894 1895 1896   Pharez Phillips   1897   Thomas Comrie   1898 1900 1901   Henry Williams   1901 1902 1903   Richard Rees   1904     Frederick Hagelthorn   1907 1910 1913 1916   George Goudie Country 1919 1919   William Crockett VFU 1922 1925 1926   Country Progressive 1928   William McCann Country Progressive 1930   Country 1931 1932   Henry Pye Country 1934 1937 1940 1942   Percy Byrnes Country 1943 1946   Colin McNally Country 1949 1952   Arthur Mansell Country 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1969   Bernie Dunn National 1970   Ken Wright National 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988   Ron Best National   Barry Bishop National 1992 1996 1999 2002   Damian Drum National

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